CASA DEL NIÑO MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF ROXAS

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

S.Y. 2017-2018
ELECTIVE IV (RESEARCH)

NAME:___________________________________________GRADE:___________SCORE:_______

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Read and analyze the following items and write the letter of the correct
answer on the blank before each number.
_____1. Teacher Norene plans to choose four students from Grade 10 – Seretice as representatives in
the math quiz contest. Teacher Marlyn then chose a group of four students in the corner of
last row. What type of sampling techniques did she employ?
a. Random sampling c. Stratified Random sampling
b. Convenience sampling d. Cluster sampling
_____2. Which of the following statements falls under nominal level of measurement?
a. Average annual temperature in Roxas, Isabela.
b. Weights of garbage thrown away by household.
c. A judge rates some presentations as “excellent”.
d. The political party to which each governor belongs.
_____3. What sampling technique consists of items in a group such as a neighborhood or a household
is ______?
a. Random sampling c. Stratified Random sampling
b. Convenience sampling d. Cluster sampling
_____4. In statistics, what is the proper sequencing of data used in research?
a. Collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data
b. Collection, organization, presentation, interpretation, and analysis of data
c. Collection, organization, interpretation, analysis, and presentation of data
d. Collection, organization, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data
_____5. When Paloma made an important announcement, he based his conclusion on 1, 000
responses from 10, 000 questionnaires distributed to the students. Is his conclusion reliable?
Why or why not?
a. Yes, because he based it from the population.
b. Yes, because he used convenience method as his sampling technique.
c. No, because the number of sample is too small from the population.
d. No, because sample must half or more than half of the population.
_____6. A group of scientists are investigating the effectiveness of a new drug to relieve the
symptoms of hypertension. They then administer the drug to 250 adults. Which population is
investigated to determine the effectiveness of the drugs?
a. 250 adults c. all adults who would try the drug
b. The scientists d. people who have hypertension
_____7. Which of the following variables is considered as qualitative data?
a. Grade point average c. Housing cost
b. Unemployment rate d. Marital status
_____8. What nature of data is separated into different categories that are distinguished by some
nonnumeric characteristics?
a. Qualitative data c. Discrete data
b. Quantitative data d. Continuous data
_____9. The number of hospitals that conduct free medical mission in barangay is an example of what
nature of data?
a. Qualitative data c. Discrete data
b. Quantitative data d. Continuous data
_____10. Leon Zupalap is conducting a research study titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Studious Math
Grade 10 Students”. He collected the data through interview and questionnaires. What data
collection technique did Mario employ?
a. Sampling technique c. Observation
b. Stratified random sampling d. Survey
_____11. What type of observation occurs when we use things to listen to like tape recordings and
those we see like pictures, letters, notices, minutes of the meeting, etc.?
a. Direct Observation c. Modern Observation
b. Indirect Observation d. Traditional Observation
_____12. Teacher Leon chose high school students to be his sample in his research study. He then
divided the population into subgroups so that each member of the population is in only one
subgroup. In this manner, individuals are chosen randomly from each subgroup. What
sampling technique did teacher Leon use?
a. Systematic sampling c. Stratified random sampling
b. Cluster sampling d. Random sampling
_____13. Mariel used to be noisy and disorganize every time his math teacher discusses a lesson. The
teacher then invites the subject coordinator and the principal to observe the class during
discussion. Every time the principal observes the class, Mariel behaves and participate in the
class discussion. What type of behavioral effect is being described?
a. Hawthorne Effect c. Placebo Effect
b. Pygmalion Effect d. Domino Effect
_____14. Miguel counts the number of patients lining up for a medical mission. What nature of data
does Miguel might get?
a. Qualitative data c. Continuous data
b. Quantitative data d. Discrete data
_____15. Teacher A administered a test to the grade 11 students. Their scores were relatively very low
because majority of the items in the test were not taught. What characteristic of a good
measure the test of teacher A lacks in?
a. Reliability b. Validity c. Relevance d. Credibility
_____16. Carlo is a grade 10 student who is currently conducting a research. He needs help from a n
expertise who has a high knowledge about the format, technical concerns, the font and
structure of research. What criterion in selecting experts should Carlo look up to?
a. Areas of expertise c. Diverse perspectives
b. Diverse political views d. Diverse technical expertise
_____17. What type of research is easy to analyze but harder to develop?
a. Qualitative Research c. Action Research
b. Quantitative Research d. Descriptive Research
_____18. Which does NOT belong to the group?
a. Mean b. Mode c. Median d. Range
_____19. To collect data about the different kinds of motor vehicle passing along the CDNMSR during
break time, what is the appropriate data collection tool will you use?
a. Interview b. Observation c. Publication d. Registration
_____20. A way of summarizing a set of data using a number of rectangles of the same width and are
usually drawn with a gap in between bars. What data presentation is being described?
a. Pie Chart b. Histogram c. Line Graph d. Bar Graph
_____21. The mean is the most reliable measure of central tendency, why?
a. It considers only the middle or the average score.
b. It considers all the scores that occur most often.
c. It is greatly affected by the extreme scores.
d. It considers all the scores in a distribution For items 22 - 24

_____22. How much rain fell in the driest month?

a. 750 b. 200 c. 50 d. 100
_____23. Which month had the most rain fall?
a. January b. August c. July d. December
_____24. How much rain fell in the year 1985?
a. 4,000 b. 4,100 c. 4, 300 d. 4, 400
 For items 25 - 27

_____25. How many people participated in the voting of radio station?

a. 40 b. 41 c. 42 d. 43
_____26. Which radio station got 5 votes?
a. DWAC b. DWAD c. DWAE d. DWAF
_____27. What is the ratio of the votes for DWAE to the votes of DWAB?
a. 6:5 b. 8:5 c. 6:13 d. 13:6

Consider the frequency distribution table below to answer items 28 - 33.

Scores of Grade 10 students in Math Quiz
Scores f <cf
28 – 29 1 25
26 - 27 3 24
24 - 25 2 21
22 - 23 8 19
20 - 21 6 11
18 - 19 5 5

_____28. What is the population of the grade 10 students?

a. 25 b. 15 c. 24 d. 60
_____29. What is the class size ( i ) of the data?
a. 2 b. 60 c. 10 – 29 d. 14
_____30. Which of the following intervals is the median class?
a. 10 – 11 b. 14 – 15 c. 22 – 23 d. 28 - 29
_____31. What is the formula in getting the modal class of the distribution?
a. 23/2 b. 24/2 c. 25/2 d. 26/2
_____32. Which of the following intervals is the modal class?
a. 10 – 11 b. 12 – 13 c. 22 – 23 d. 28 - 29
_____33. What is the lower boundary of the median class?
a. 9.5 b. 13.5 c. 27.5 d. 21.5
Consider the following Ungrouped Data to answer items 34 – 37.

The scores of Grade 11 students in Statistics: 13, 11, 10, 12, 14, 9, 11, 8, 11, 15, 13

_____34. What is the mean of the data? a. 15.4505 b. 10.4545 c. 11.5455 d. 12

_____35. What is the median of the data? a. 11 b. 14 c. 8 d. 12
_____36. What is the mode of the data? a. 12 b. 14 c. 11 d. 15
_____37. What is the range? a. 18 b. 7 c. 21 d. 15
Consider the data below to answer the questions that follow:
X f Xm fXm <cf (X m )2 f (X m )2
30 – 34 9 32 288 35 1024 9216
25 – 29 8 27 216 26 729 5832
20 – 24 7 22 154 18 484 3388
15 – 19 6 17 102 11 289 1734
10 – 14 5 12 60 5 144 720
N =35   820   20,890
_____38. What is the mean ( x ) of the distribution?
a. 23.4258 b. 32.4286 c. 23.4286 d. 23.4826
_____39. What is the standard deviation (  ) of the distribution?
a. 47.9592 b. 49.3697 c. 6.9253 d. 7.0264
_____40. What is the class mark of the interval from 15 to 19?
a. 6 b. 102 c. 11 d. 17
_____41. What is the variance of the distribution?
a. 2300.0849 b. 242.37.3772 c. 47.9598 d. 49.3697
_____42. What is the frequency of the modal class?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

Results in 50 – item Statistics Exam of Grade 11 students of different sections are as follow
Section Mean SD
Topaz 35.2560 2.2665
Ruby 22.2125 0.2548 For items 43 – 45.
Jade 33.1584 5.2156
Diamond 30.1254 3.2456

_____43. What section is less disperse or less variable?

a. Topaz b. Ruby c. Jade d. Diamond
_____44. Which section performs better in statistics examination?
a. Topaz b. Ruby c. Jade d. Diamond
_____45. Coefficient of variation (CV) is the quotient of SD and mean. What is the CV of section Ruby?
a. 0.0115 b. 0.0643 c. 0.1573 d. 0.1115

II. Supply the missing data in the frequency distribution table below to answer the questions that
follow. Write your final answer on the blank before the item. Use separate paper for your
SOLUTION.

X F Xm fXm <cf (X m )2 f (X m )2 Xm  X f Xm  X
71 – 79 3 75 20 5625 22.95 68.85
62 – 70 2 66 132 8, 712 13.95 27.9
53 – 61 5 285 15 3249 24.75
44 – 52 4 48 192 10 9, 216 4.05
35 – 43 3 39 6 1521 39.15
26 – 34 3 30 90 3 900 2, 700 22.05
N=   1,041    243

Solve the following measure:

46 – 50. Frequency Table Distribution

51 – 55. Mean
56 – 60. Median
61 – 65. Mode
66 – 70. Range
71 – 75. Variance
76 – 80. Standard deviation
81 – 85. Mean Deviation
III. ESSAY. Criteria: Content – 2 pts
Organization of ideas – 2 pts
Coherence – 1 pt

86 – 90. How is interpretation different from analysis?

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91 – 95. Why is there a need to study statistics first before conducting research?
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96 -100. Why is research important in the national progress?

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